ERIC IN THE LOOP
Neurodivergent Artist and Creative Studio
I’m Eric—a neurodivergent generative artist and the creative force behind A Human in the Loop.
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I use AI as an intentional collaborator to create surreal portraits, disco-futurist motifs, and cosmic terrains that hold a live tension—joy and grief, connection and letting go. I translate those worlds into site-specific visuals and short-form generative video for spaces and screens.
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I design environmental graphics, murals, installations, and archival prints for homes, hospitality, and public spaces.
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20+ years of professional, cross-disciplinary experience across theatre, Eastern medicine, and workplace strategy
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1,800+ hours with generative image, video, music, and language tools since 2023
My practice lives in the in-between—human-led, AI-assisted, built to fit real constraints.
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You can read more about my professional background and creative work below.
DEFINED
​In AI:
Human-in-the-loop describes the people who design, guide, and oversee automated systems.
For me:
It also speaks to the loops we repeat and the stories we tell while we’re trying to change.
The mirror:
AI can distort how we see the world—and ourselves—unless we stay present and accountable.
The choice:
We can participate in how these systems shape our future, or let others decide for us.
Critical questions:
What must we let go of to move forward? What do we need to grieve?
My practice:
Using generative AI as a collaborator, I explore that tension and turn it into images built for real spaces.
Human in the Loop
NEURODIVERGENT
Navigating a linear world
For most of my life, I’ve tried to thrive in systems not made for minds like mine.
My “too-muchness”—the big emotions, deep empathy, relentless curiosity—fuels the work and, at times, complicates life and career in environments that prize linear progress and constant output.
External pressures and internal overwhelm led to panic, burnout, and unhelpful coping. Alcohol dulled the volume; it also made things worse.
Then came 2020:
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Global pandemic and a hard pause
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Divorce after 16 years
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Leaving San Francisco after 18 years to start over in Los Angeles
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Ending an abusive relationship with alcohol
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Stepping away from a decade-long corporate path
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ADHD diagnosis at age 43
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Those shocks forced a rebuild: who I am, how I work, and what I want from this next chapter.
Today I’m learning to heal, define success on my terms, and communicate in ways that create real connection.
PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
Stage → Strategy → Studio
How I got here, in three chapters—performance, medicine, and the built environment—each shaping a practice that’s precise, human-centered, and built for real spaces.
Performing Arts
Theatre roots and Butoh taught me presence, tension, and how bodies read in space—now visible in my portrait work and spatial storytelling.​
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Acupuncture & East Asian medicine
Systems thinking, pattern recognition, and care—informing how I listen, pace projects, and design for nervous systems, not just walls.
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Workplace design strategy & environmental graphics
Wayfinding, brand atmospherics, materials, and production—skills I now apply to murals, window vinyl, and large-format installations like the Moon Ridge Room project.